I cannot remember what I last reported so forgive any repetition.
My sleep was not great but as usual Fellette just fell into bed and was lost to the world the entire night, I tossed and turned thinking I would never get to sleep but sometime, I did. We both awoke as the ship pulled away around 5:45.
I explored the ship and brought back a coffee to Fellette. Breakfast was next where we met our table mates whom I think are all compatible.
We had lifeboat drill and met the crew and then did a bit of on-board shopping then I went to connect with the internet and took in a lecture on Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fellette joined in on this as well.
Connecting on the ship with the internet is challenging but in some ways more reliable than the hotels we have been in, if they get a satellite signal on the ship, all is well.
I previously mentioned Terry and the Pirates: That was a radio show when I was a young boy and later a comic book serialization as well. Terry and his crew were Americans dealing with the China Sea, Yangtze River and pirates on them. It was all very exciting to my young imaginative mind and I cannot help but drift back some 65 years when I look out over the river to the scenery beyond. Cruising the Yangtze was never on my hit list but I would recommend it to anyone who wants to see a bit of China in relative luxury. I only need cast my eyes to the shore and it is like another world. This is not Disneyland, it is China Today with all that goes with it rough as some of it may be, it is still fascinating.
After lunch we started our adventure to visit the locks and dam-site. That was a bit of an adventure, not the locks and dam-site but getting off of our ship and onto the busses, taking close to 1/2 hour. Then for a security check and then to the site, about a 10 minute ride. The heavens opened but we braved on, with our trusty local guide leading the way.
We never got inside the generating part of the dam, as a matter of fact all we saw of the dam itself was a low structure through the mist. It is actual a mile and a half wide and 600 feet tall. It is a massive project but only generates 3% of China's electricity. It does however reduce the coal consumption significantly.
A bit of a disappointing day but what the heck, every day cannot be a bowl of cherries weatherwise.
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| Crowded lobby!!!!!! |
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| How does this toilet work? |
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| Dam is 1 1/2 miles wide. Massive |
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| That is all we saw of the dam itself. Back-side of it. |
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| Night crew costume of ethnic clans |
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